Simulation and visualization of topological defects in nematic liquid crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Callan Jones, A C ^a,c   Pelcovits, Robert A ^a   Slavin, V A ^b   Zhang, S ^b,d   Laidlaw, D H ^b   Loriot, G B ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown Univerity   (United States)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; QUENCHING; TENSORS; VISUALIZATION;

CORE STRUCTURE; FLUID SIMULATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS; WEDGE TWIST;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33845543126     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.061701     Document Type: Article

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